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Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 55 - Opiate Overdose Response Act
Section 102 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 26-55-102 (2021)
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Effective 5/9/2017
26-55-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Amended by Chapter 392, 2017 General Session
26-55-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
- (1) "Controlled substance" means the same as that term is defined in Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act.
- (2) "Dispense" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102.
- (3) "Health care facility" means a hospital, a hospice inpatient residence, a nursing facility, a dialysis treatment facility, an assisted living residence, an entity that provides home- and community-based services, a hospice or home health care agency, or another facility that provides or contracts to provide health care services, which facility is licensed under Chapter 21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
- (4) "Health care provider" means:
- (a) a physician, as defined in Section 58-67-102;
- (b) an advanced practice registered nurse, as defined in Section 58-31b-102;
- (c) a physician assistant, as defined in Section 58-70a-102; or
- (d) an individual licensed to engage in the practice of dentistry, as defined in Section 58-69-102.
- (5) "Increased risk" means risk exceeding the risk typically experienced by an individual who is not using, and is not likely to use, an opiate.
- (6) "Local health department" means:
- (a) a local health department, as defined in Section 26A-1-102; or
- (b) a multicounty local health department, as defined in Section 26A-1-102.
- (7) "Opiate" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-37-2.
- (8) "Opiate antagonist" means naloxone hydrochloride or any similarly acting drug that is not a controlled substance and that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the diagnosis or treatment of an opiate-related drug overdose.
- (9) "Opiate-related drug overdose event" means an acute condition, including a decreased level of consciousness or respiratory depression resulting from the consumption or use of a controlled substance, or another substance with which a controlled substance was combined, and that a person would reasonably believe to require medical assistance.
- (10) "Overdose outreach provider" means:
- (a) a law enforcement agency;
- (b) a fire department;
- (c) an emergency medical service provider, as defined in Section 26-8a-102;
- (d) emergency medical service personnel, as defined in Section 26-8a-102;
- (e) an organization providing treatment or recovery services for drug or alcohol use;
- (f) an organization providing support services for an individual, or a family of an individual, with a substance use disorder;
- (g) an organization providing substance use or mental health services under contract with a local substance abuse authority, as defined in Section 62A-15-102, or a local mental health authority, as defined in Section 62A-15-102;
- (h) an organization providing services to the homeless;
- (i) a local health department;
- (j) an individual licensed to practice pharmacy under Title 58, Chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act; or
- (k) an individual.
- (11) "Patient counseling" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102.
- (12) "Pharmacist" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102.
- (13) "Pharmacy intern" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102.
- (14) "Prescribe" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102.
Amended by Chapter 392, 2017 General Session
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